The Ethereum Foundation Foundation announced that the test network of the Ethrium called Holesky completed its life cycle and will soon stop working. Most of the remaining validator nodes should be disconnected two weeks after completing Fusaka updating on Holesky.

Teams for working with clients and testing, as well as infrastructure specialists will no longer support Holesky, Ethereum Foundation said. Holesky was launched in 2023 as the largest open test network of the Ethereum, created for large -scale testing of stakeing and validation. The twistet fulfilled his task – with its help, thousands of validators were able to test the protocol updates, including Dencun and Pectra, the fund representatives assured.

After activating the Pectra test network in early 2025, Holesky had repeated downtime, which created large queues for the exit of the validators. Despite the restoration of the dusk, due to the long output process, it became impractical to test the full life cycle of the validator in a reasonable time, the fund explained.

In March, the developers launched a new dough Hoodi, designed to eliminate the restrictions on Holesky. Ethereum Foundation experts recommended infrastructure suppliers and staying operators to go to Hoodi so that test operations can be carried out. Hoodi supports the Pectra functions and provides for the activation of future updates to the protocol, including the upcoming FORK FUSAKA. The developers of applications and tools using Holesky are recommended to use the Sepolia test network to test smart contracts and decentralized applications.

In June, Ethereum Foundation has updated the cost management and treasury policy. Later, the founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin said that Ethereum Foundation will work on a new strategy, focusing on specific tasks, in particular, decentralization and confidentiality.